What are the qualifications for membership?
Membership of LES Britain and Ireland is open to any person who is a resident of the United Kingdom or the Irish Republic and has a genuine professional interest in the commercialisation of intellectual property rights.
Membership is also open to residents of other countries in appropriate cases, for example in the case where there is no local society.
All membership applications are scrutinised by the Membership Committee and submitted with the recommendations of the Committee to the Council of the Society at the first available Council meeting. The approval of Council is required before any person can be accepted for membership. Acceptance is notified by the Membership Committee to the applicant.
Please note that there may be a delay of a month or two between making application for membership and being notified of acceptance.
An application for membership must be accompanied by a fully completed application form and the required payment. If there is any omission Council may not be able to consider the application, and this may result in the application form being returned for completion.
Persons who are suitable for membership include (but are not restricted to) the following:
- licensing and technology transfer consultants,
- industrial employees involved in acquiring or selling corporate technology,
- proprietors and managers of intellectual property-based companies,
- academics working in the field of intellectual property,
- public officials in departments dealing with intellectual property matters,
- agents for character merchandising and other intellectual property rights,
- patent and trade mark attorneys,
- solicitors and barristers practising in intellectual property,
- accountants involved in the valuation of intellectual property,
- intellectual property information consultants.
